Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT @renten A. snntnvn AND E. BURKE, on nDoN, onto.

IMPROVENI ENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 97,556, datcd December7, 17869.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, A. SHELINE and E. BURKE, of Edon, in the county ofWilliams and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Reaper andMower; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specication.

\ The object of this invention is to provide certain improvements in theoperating-gear of reaping and mowing machines,` calculated to furnishmore useful and efficient machines than those now in use.

The invention consists in an improved arrangement of the driving-gearand clutching and unclutching devices 5 also, in an improved arrangementof attaching devices for the mower 5 and also in an improved arrangementof side-dropping devices for the reaper and adjusting devices for thereel, all as hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of our improvedmachine when the reapingattachment is connected. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectionthrough the driving-gear and side elevation of the reaping andside-dropping de-` vices. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of a part of thetruck, showing the clutching and unclutching devices. Fig. 4 representsa plan of a part of the truck and the mower, showing the manner ofattaching it. Fig. 5 represents a rear view of the same, and Fig. 6represents a detail View of the dropping device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

.We place two gear-wheels, A B, of different size, on the driving-shaftC, connected to one hub, and capable of working loosely on the saidshaft. We use these two wheels to obtain the different speeds requiredfor the reaper and mower. i

D represents clutches, one to each end of the hub. They have grooves a,into which springs b take to move them to or from the hub of the wheels.They are moved into connection with the hub by the natural force of thespring, which is constructed to have this effect. -The opposite movementis effected by button C working between the two springs and operated bya hand-lever, d, rising up through the platform at the left of theoperator.

' The counter-shaft E is provided with pinions F G, corresponding to thedriving-wheels, and arranged to be slipped on the shaft for gearing orungearing with the'said drivin g-wheels, and to be held by set-screws.

H represents the pitman-shaft, deriving motion from the counter-shaft bysuitable bevelwheels, and arranged in suitable bearings 011 thedrag-shoe I, 'one end of which is pivoted on atubular bearing, K, on theend of the counter-shaft. The other end either rests on the ground or issuspended by a chain, L, from the hook L at one corner of the machine.The rear end of the pitman-shaft is braced by braces M jointed to theframe at N and taking around the shaft at both ends of the bearing, soas to permit the raising or lowering of the rear end of the said shoe.The arrangement of the shoe is such at the connection of thecounter-shaft as to permit the shoe to oscillate around its longitudinalaxis. The, said shoe has therefore free oscillation on its own axis andon that of the counter-shaft. The rear end of the shoe is provided witheyes d for forming hinge-joints with barrels e on the cutter-bars ofboth the mowers and reapers. These cutter-bars are provided withright-angled plates f, arranged to lie upon the upper face of the shoewhen hin ged thereto, as shown in Fig. 4. The ends of the plates projectunder a clamping-loop, g, having a clampingscrew screwing down upon themto hold them rigidly. Another screw screws through the said platesagainst the shoe, and by these screws the pitch of the cutter-bars andthe fingers relatively to the ground may be regulated. We only requireto make use of this adjustment, however, in the case of the mower.

For raising the mower-heel to carry it over stones or other things, weemploy a shaft, O, having arms Ol O2 at one end and a segmentalbevel-gear, O3, at the other, and suitably journaled in the rearcross-bar P of the truck. To the arm O2 of this shaft the mower-bar isconnected by a cord or chain, O4, so that when the shaft is oscillatedit will raise the mowerbar.

For oscillating the said shaft another shaft, P1, also having asegmental bevel-gear, is provided; and this shaft has a lever, P3,rising up from one corner of the truck-frame. This shaft is borne at oneend in the fixed bearing P3, and the other rests in a recess in the topof the beam P, so arranged that the shaft may be readily put in or takenout. The shaft O is also readily removed by taking off the bearing forthe same attached to the bar P by screws. These devices are used onlywith the mower, and are therefore thus detachably arranged.

The reaper-bar is provided with the customary apron B, and has acaster-wheel, Bl, at the rear; also, another, R3, at the outer side. Thelatter is journaled in a lever which may be adjusted to diiferentheights, and the former is adjusted by a nut, R3, and screw-stem R4.

At the front side of the apron B an inclined extension, R5, is provided,up which the grain is carried by belts, two sets of which, S and Sl, areemployed. The former works over rollers S3 and S3 at each end of theapron R, and the latter works over the roller S3, and another, S, at thetop of the apron R3. Motion is imparted to the roller S4 by a chain orcord, S5, driven by a pulley on the pitman-shaft H at its lower end, andthe belts Sl operate the roller S3, whereby the belts S are operated.The roller S4 drives the reel T through the medium of bevel-gears S3,shaft S3, and a cord, S3, working over pulleys on the shaft and on thereel. The said reel is supported on a bearing, T, fitted to slide up anddown on a post, T3, curved from an aXis coinciding with that of theshaft S3. The adjustment of the reel may therefore be eifected withoutdisturbing the tension of the belt S".

The bearing T is provided with a radial bar, T3, pivoted at the axis ofthe shaft S3. This bar carries a spring-lever, T4, with a pin takinginto holes in the post to hold the reel at any required height. Theadjustmentmay be made by the operator at any time as the machine movesalong.

The grain is delivered from the belts Sl over the roller S4 into thecurved arms U of a cut- OE, of which Ul is the shaft, supported insuitable bearings in front of the roller S4. This shaft Ul is providedat one end with a rightangled dog, U3, having a projecting point, U3.

V represents a vertical slide connected by a rod, V, with the dropper V3pivoted on the bolt V3. V4 represents a rod connected to the dropper atV3, (shown dotted,) and running forward to a hand-lever, V3, rising upthrough the platform near the seat for the operator. By the movement ofthis rod forward the dropper will be thrown up into the position forreceiving the grain from the cut-off, and this upward movement will drawthe slide V downward, so that a notch, V3, therein, coming down to thepoint V3, will aEord room for the latter to swing, and allow the arms Vof the cut-0E to fall and discharge the grain into the dropper. Thereverse movement of the hand-lever V3 throws the rear end of the dropperdown to discharge the grain. The other end of the dropper, movingupward, carries the slide V up, turning the dog V3 up, and restoring thearms of the dropper to the position for receiving and holding the grain.

Having thus described our invention, wc claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. The arrangement of the gear-wheels AB,

clutches .D on the driving-shaft C, pinions F G, counter-shaft E,clutch-springs b, button C',

and hand-lever, all substantially as specified. 2. The arrangement ofthe tubular bearing K, shoe I, pitman-shaft H, and braces M,substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the truck and the mower-bar, of the shaft O,arms O1 O3, seg-v

